Features: Filter in message?

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20100
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Features: Filter in message?

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Is it possible to set a filter with a regular expression in the message field?
If yes, is this feature available with the tail/autorefresh feature?
If not, did you plan to develop this useful feature?

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Post by admin »

Hello,
Is it possible to set a filter with a regular expression in the message field?

Yes. Using the "Find" feature, select only the "Message" field and select option "In a new file tab" for "result display" settings. Only entries that match your search will be displayed in the new file tab (professional version is required to use regular expression search, you can only use simple text search with the evaluation version)
If yes, is this feature available with the tail/autorefresh feature?
If not, did you plan to develop this useful feature?
Not at this time, if you mean that new entries found in files would also be filtered. But you're right, it's a great idea for a new feature, it should be implemented in one of our next releases (but shouldn't be ready before january 2008, as we are currently working on Correlation and Managers plugins features).

Here is a quick idea for this feature: there would be a new small toolbar allowing user to add/edit/remove filters, and user may choose the logical operator between filters (OR, AND, ...). Would that match your need? If you have any other idea concerning this feature (or a new one!), please let us know.

Xavier
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Post by 20100 »

Yes it match my need!
Currently, i use tools like mTail to read logs files in production.
Because of the size of my logs i need to filter the message field.

Allowing the find on autorefresh with regular expression will be amazing.

I
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Post by GarySmith »

Hi Folks

Any update on this feature?

Basically I would like a real-time view of Log4j output filtered on a single thread.

Thanks

Gary
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Post by admin »

Hello,

Unfortunately, this feature won't be available before December 2008 due to a delay in our development planning.
For now, you can monitor your file in real-time and filter entries by log level, and emitter only (a new-written log entry won't be displayed if its emitter is unselected in the left emitters tree)

Xavier.
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Post by admin »

Hello,

New version v1.3.0 now includes a Filter feature that should match your need (works with Auto-refresh, Tail, on any Entry field, and regular expressions are allowed using "LIKE" operator)
Screenshot: http://www.logmx.com/display_media.php? ... ic=2&vid=0

Feel free to post comments here on this new feature :)

Xavier
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Post by GarySmith »

Thanks folks, just what I wanted :D
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